Melbourne, Indo-Swiss tennis pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis earned a straight sets victory to enter the women’s doubles final of the Australian Open at the Melbourne Park here on Wednesday. The top seeds beat the German-Czech 13th seeds Julia Goerges and Karolina Pliskova 6-1, 6-0 in 54 minutes at the Rod Laver Arena.
New Delhi, The Congress on Wednesday said it commanded a majority in the Arunachal Pradesh assembly and the Centre’s decision to impose president’s rule in the northeastern state was a “shameful example of coercive federalism”. The decision to dislodge an elected Congress government on the Republic Day was “an open and dastardly murder of democracy”, […]
Mumbai, Actress Sunny Leone says she will be the happiest girl in the world even if she could share screen space with superstar Aamir Khan even for a second. “Even if I get the opportunity to work with him for a second, I would be the happiest girl in the world forever. Even if I […]
Mumbai, Filmmaker Karan Johar says he is not scared of anyone and is proud of his opinions and about having a voice, after his remarks on freedom of expression grabbed headlines recently. At the Jaipur Literature Festival, Karan had said freedom of expression and democracy were the biggest jokes in the country. He had said […]
Lahore, A Pakistani fan of Indian cricketer Virat Kohli was taken into custody for raising the tricolour on his roof in Punjab province. The police, who arrested the fan on Tuesday, identified him as Umar Draz, who hails from Okara district of Pakistan’s Punjab province, about 200 km from here. “We raided the house of […]
New Delhi, Oscar-winning Indian sound designer Resul Pookutty says getting nominated at the Motion Picture Sound Editors‘63rd annual Golden Reel Awards for films banned in India tells that “we have to keep our mind open as artistes”. He has dedicated the “honour” to the 2012 Delhi gangrape victim. “The recognition outside India simply tells us […]
New Delhi, Over 1.5 lakh workers of Delhi’s three main civic bodies went on a three-day strike on Wednesday over non-payment of salary — a development that could cripple essential services like sanitation in the national capital. Taking a serious note of the situation that has also occurred earlier leading to roads being strewn with […]
New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to the central government and Arunachal Pradesh Governor Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa on a plea challenging the imposition of President’s Rule in the north-eastern state on January 26. An apex court constitution bench of Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar, Justice Dipak Misra, Justice Madan B. Lokur, Justice Pinaki […]
Australia’s and India’s Women’s Cricket Teams Set to do Battle The Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars are wonderful role models and one of the most successful sporting teams in Australia ranked number one across all three formats. This series against the Indian Women will be a closely fought contest and is an intriguing match-up ahead of […]
PRIME MINISTER: Thank you so much, well done. Well thank you so much Aunty Agnes for your welcome to Ngunnawal land. We are here gathered on Ngunnawal land, and we acknowledge and honour and respect their elders past and present, just as right across Australia, where over 400 ceremonies are taking place like this on […]